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HOUSTON – Wayne LaPierre, CEO of the National Rifle Association,
kicked off the 2022 NRA convention on Friday by pushing back
against calls for legislative gun control measures after a
deadly elementary school shooting in Texas.
LaPierre, speaking from the George R. Brown Convention Center in
Houston, opened his speech to NRA members by reflecting on the
"evil" tragedy that took place on Tuesday at Robb Elementary
School in Uvalde, Texas, which resulted in the shooting deaths
of 19 children and two adults.
"Every NRA member, and I know every decent American, is mourning
right now," he said. "Twenty-one beautiful lives ruthlessly,
indiscriminately extinguished by a criminal monster. We are with
this community and all of America in prayer. The NRA members are
parents. We have sons, daughters, and loved ones. These
tragedies cause gut-wrenching, unimaginable pain that too many
are being forced to go through right now."
"If we as a nation were capable of legislating evil out of the
hearts and minds of criminals who commit these heinous acts, we
would have done it a long time ago," he added.
LaPierre said the NRA does "not agree with President Biden on
the Second Amendment," but insisted that there is some "common
ground" as he reflected on statements made by Biden last week
during his visit to Buffalo, New York, where 10 people lost
their lives in a supermarket shooting.
"Last week, the president said, 'I'm not naive, I know tragedy
will come again,'" LaPierre said. "There are absolutely certain
things we can and must do. Where we part way with the president,
and many in his party, is on the policy question… what we can
and should do to prevent the hate-filled, vile monsters that
walk among us from committing their evil. Restricting a
fundamental, human right of law-abiding Americans to defend
themselves is not the answer. It never has been."
Highlighting statistics on how many Americans use guns each year
to defend themselves and their families, LaPierre said school
children in America deserve the utmost protection.
"Taking away their right to self-defense is not the answer, but
there are certain common-sense things we can and must do," he
said. "We need to protect our schools because our children
deserve at least, and in fact, more protection, than our banks,
stadiums, [and] government buildings. They are our most
treasured and precious resource, and they deserve safety and
protection."
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/nras-lapierre-insists-gun- control-answer-texas-massacre-places-focus-enhancing-school-
security
Kill those who misuse guns and televise it.
Kill anyone else who objects, televise that too.
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